Meetings: Resource Advisory Councils— Front Range,

[Federal Register: July 30, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 146)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-500 1990-00]

Front Range Resource Advisory Council (Colorado) Open Houses and Comment Period

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of open houses and public comment period.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Front Range Resource Advisory Council (Front Range RAC) will hold open houses for the purpose of gathering public comments and input

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on Outdoor Recreation Management Guidelines. These will be recommended to the Bureau of Land Management in Colorado for consideration and use in day-to-day management of public lands in Colorado within the Front Range Center. The RAC will also accept written comments on the Outdoor Recreation Management Guidelines.

DATES: The open houses are scheduled for the following dates and times. Any changes to the time, date and/or location of the Open Houses will be publicized in the local media.

The open houses will be held at the Beidleman Environmental Center, 740 W. Caramillo Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado; at the Chaffee County Fairgrounds, 10165 County Road 120, Salida, Colorado. Unless otherwise indicated, all open houses will begin at 7 p.m. and end at approximately 9 p.m.

August 17, 1999 at the Beidleman Environmental Center. August 31, 1999 at the Chaffee County Fairgrounds.

The written public comment period will begin with the publication of this notice and end September 15, 1999. Comments should be sent to Bureau of Land Management, Front Range Center, Attn: RAC, 3170 East Main Street, Canon City, Colorado 81212. Written comments and those given at the Open Houses will be equally considered. A copy of the Draft Outdoor Recreation Management Guidelines can be requested.

ADDRESSES: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Front Range Center, 3170 East Main Street, Canon City Colorado 81212; Telephone (719) 269-8500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Smith at 719-269-8553.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Front Range RAC, along with the other RACs in Colorado, intend to develop a joint set of outdoor recreation management guidelines to recommend to the BLM in Colorado for adoption and use in everyday management of the lands the agency administers. The open houses are intended as a means for the RACs to gather informal input and ideas on the proposed set of guidelines that all the RACs in Colorado have agreed with so far. After September 15, 1999, representatives from all RACs will jointly develop a set of final recommended guidelines to submit to the BLM for consideration. The guidelines will include recommendations dealing with the management of off-highway vehicle use. Donnie R. Sparks, Front Range Center Manager.

[FR Doc. 99-19484Filed7-29-99; 8:45 am]

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